Basic Texts

The International Charter for Walking

The International Charter for Walking is a paper distributed worldwide. It has been created by expert from different countries, and signed by cities and institutions.
More about it, and the possibility to sign it you find on the website
http://www.walk21.com

Here you find the different language versions available so far:

• Charter for Walking (English Original) (pdf / 81.1 KB)
• Carta Internacional per Caminar (Catanlan) (pdf / 64.7 KB)
• Charte internationale de la marche (French) (pdf / 158.3 KB)
• Carta Internazionale della Pedonalità  (Italian) (doc / 44.5 KB)
• Internationale Charta für das Gehen (German) (pdf / 78.0 KB)

If anyone is able to translate the text into some other language, please let us know!

Please sign the charter by putting your name on this page:
http://www.walk21.com/charter/support_charter.asp

Cities for Children

On Children see the special section children

The Human Right of Walking

The right to be mobile without a motor
IFP wants to establish the right to walk in the public space as an explicitly stated basic human right.
Unfortunatey the right to walk is endangered in more and more places. Here you find an Amercian essay on this issue by Steven G. Goodridge:

The right to walk and cycle (htm / 23.1 KB)

Texts on Road Safety

Pedestrian safety is of growing concern to many Governments. The high rate of persons killed and injured in road collisions is not acceptable. Experience shows that the number of pedestrians killed or seriously injured is more difficult to reduce than the number of motorised road users, because they are the most vulnerable road users. In many countries where casualties of car drivers and riders have been significantly reduced in recent years, the number of pedestrians killed or injured has not been reduced at the same rate.

OECD-Report
The OECD has examined the situation of the vulnerable road users, and published a report (229 pages) part of which is on pedestrians:

OECD Report (pdf / 911.3 KB)

Convention on the rights of the child
The UNICEF has adopted a convention which is binding for all countries that have ratified it. Quote this text when you negociate with your authorities on the way to school of your children!

Convention on the rights of the child (doc / 24.5 KB)